Guild Wars 2

I was always under the impression that you could “level up” in WvW no problem. I’m not talking about going faster than normal killing/grinding of mobs in PvE and I certainly don’t expect to be getting heart quest XP but I found an odd thing last night.

I’m trying to level my first alt, shes level 6. I go into WvW to join the fight and surprisingly do well (other than trying to run into a keep being taken) and even manage to solo a few people in the open. For each and every kill I received exactly 7 or 8xp. At my current level, it would require 2600 to level. I’m pretty sure mob kills grant 25-30xp (not including the bonus).

Even worse, part of an epic and dynamic defense (involving some in the open fighting and some wall defense) that last over an hour, I received 3 bronze medals for repelling. Each was 150xp. I realize WvW is more endgame (I do it on my 80, but I wanted to play as a different class) but why even offer xp if it is going to be so useless.

Even more impressive is I had no alt weapons, or utility skills and still managed to down 4 players in 1 on 1’s. All with near starting gear, I think there should at least be some equal rewards for that feat.

TLDR: XP is not properly scaling for levels in WvW

The defense thing is because you weren’t receiving credit I guess? Defenses happen every 3 minutes at set circumstances (a gate, wall, or NPC must be under attack/Have taken damage) If you had been in defense events for an hour you should have finished 20 defense events. Also lower level characters should focus on repairing walls or manning siege when it comes to defense. Not only do you get bonus exp for repairing walls/gates. But its much easier gold medal credit. (not to mention you’re more useful, as upscaled players tickle level 80’s)

Regarding the player kills, sometimes its just a little weird and doesnt want to give you credit for the kill. Ive had times where ive done at least 60% of the enemies hp and gotten no credit, and times when ive finished them off via the F command and gotten no credit, but also times where ill hit someone once with a single tick of an AOE and get full credit.

It’s fully possible to get reasonable exp as a low level, but dont expect it to be very fast.

yeah the defense event thing wasn’t broken, as I said there was a lot of “defense” away from the keep (we were pushing a fort while holding back the zerg trying to flank) but yeah at first I figured it was because others were helping (and I probably wasn’t contributing the most damage to the kills) but I found I was still receiving the same xp in solo kills.

And I agree about it not being fast, just wanted to try one of the other options (since xp crafting got nerfed…rightly so)

Xp received is based on your level. When you get to higher levels you get a lot more Xp. At 70 I was receiving 340 per gathering attempt and 150+ for kills. 14k for taking the garrison. Xp like everything else in GW2 scales with your level.

@Zenyatoo

You only get defense event credit if you kill enemies. If you support the tower, repair the gate, rez your allies and generally help other people out but kill no one you will get ZERO credit. Just FYI. It is entirely based on kills. They confirmed this in beta.

Kills from siege though definitely count, so that would be an effective way to make sure you get defense credit but trying to help out your teammates (but picking utilities that don’t deal dmg but buff/help protect others who can deal damage) won’t give you anything.

@ Drwookie
well thats strange, because ive totally gotten gold credit for defending stonemist by doing nothing but repairing the gates. As have several of my guildies.

Hell I even considered it an exploit and stopped doing it because it was literally 2 silver every 3 minutes for no work, and 100% safety.

Weird…the vast vast majority of defenses I participate in I get nothing because I run support and don’t get kills. I’ve dine everything from repair walls, help build siege, res hundreds of teammates, and generally buff everyone….all with no reward.

I’ll have to experiment a little more. Maybe I’m bugged?

Most of the XP from WvW comes from defending and or taking keeps. The problem is that it takes SO long for this to happen that it becomes much slower than it was in beta after the changes. In the time it took me to get some levels on my ele i went and pve and got maybe 4 levels more instead of zerging around not taking anything or getting limited for participating in some kill.

Best experience I’ve found, has been to help defend keeps and towers under siege. Repairing doors and walls grants excellent XP (about the same as gathering crafting materials), and you get a full DE worth of experience every 3 minutes or so if the keep stays in your hands.

just to confirm something, I raised that character’s level 10 levels and I am still getting 7-8 xp for a kill (also the same vs PvE mobs in eternal) but for solo kills it is the same too.

Only difference is I do more damage and can survive a bit better. So its not scaling for my level

I think it used to but I never tested it out, and up until today/yesterday 80% of my WvW (20 hoursish) was at level 80. Kind of a shame really, since I love my new character (main is a hunter, but leveling an Ele… its a tough class survivability wise so far)